In leadership, as in life, you can't have it all. There are trade-offs for every choice. You want it better, cheaper and faster. You only get two. Choose wisely.
Jeff, I like your post. Every man needs a good grill. What you’re saying makes sense, but in practice, what you usually hear is, “I know this timeline’s tight, but we’ll make it work,” or “Let’s do our best and revisit quality later.” That’s corporate code for “I want all three, but I don’t want to admit it.”
Jeff, I like your post. Every man needs a good grill. What you’re saying makes sense, but in practice, what you usually hear is, “I know this timeline’s tight, but we’ll make it work,” or “Let’s do our best and revisit quality later.” That’s corporate code for “I want all three, but I don’t want to admit it.”
100%.
And that's my point. People use different words to pretend that they are going to get all three.
They aren't. It's not going to happen.
It doesn't matter which words you use to ask for it.
But in the end, they blame the worker instead of the leader who gave them unrealistic goals and set them up for failure.
Perfectly timed for my metaphorical Weber project. Everyone is misaligned right now. Time to dig in and reset the team. Thank you!
Wait! You emailed me recently while I was away. I just remembered. Holy crap, I'm bad looking below the fold. About to respond.